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Article: Climate change bad news for boreal forest.(SPECIAL REPORT: FORESTRY)
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- Northern Ontario Business
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- September 1, 2005
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Scientists are not able to predict the exact consequences of climate change, but some say they might not all be bad.
Because Canada is a northern country, it is likely warmer weather will provide benefits such as a longer growing seasons and less demand for heating in the winter, Environment Canada reports in The Science of Climate Change.
However, these benefits come at a cost. Without strategies in place to adapt to the changes. Canada may miss out on the benefits entirely.
The paper states that the boreal forest in particular will be vulnerable to disease, fire and competition from other tree species as the weather warms. If carbon dioxide ...